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Guguletu Seven

Explanation
On 3 March 1986 seven men aged between 16 and 23 were shot dead in a field at Guguletu, Cape Town. Police claimed that the victims were known 'terrorists' and had been killed during a legitimate anti-terrorist operation. A magistrate at two inquests made the same finding. The Commission's investigation into the incident revealed an extensive cover-up by the security forces involved in the incident. Security Branch members from Cape Town and Vlakplaas infiltrated askaris into a group of seven activists, planned an ambush of police personnel to lure the youths into a trap, then killed them. Two Security Branch members from Vlakplaas were granted amnesty.

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... if something developed inside, inside that wound, and they couldn't band the leg and then I saw a lot on my knee and I was sent to day hospital at Guguletu. And when I asked them to - they told me they are going to treat me, but they couldn't. So I said I am losing weight because of this. So I ...
I asked them is there anything that happened they didn’t tell me anything, they just took me. Then we went to Guguletu. I didn’t go straight home, because my home is also in the same vicinity. My sister-in-law took me to his - to her house. I tried to ask them what exactly happened here, they ...
... and youth using the terror of the armed forces and vigilante groups. In the past week, particularly in the reports we have seen images of ... in Guguletu in particular attacking townships, sections of the townships assisted by the security forces. They broke into family homes in the middle ...
... is being wanted now. Now he sent me money so that I can come here to Cape Town, so I came to Cape Town. When I got here in Cape Town, I went to Guguletu, in [indistinct] - when I got there to my uncle, the police came, they took me to the police station. The police asked me what did ...
... The involvement of MK internally established in the townships was confirmed. In March 1986, seven MK members were killed in anti-riot actions in Guguletu near Cape Town. They were all also registered members of the Cape Youth Congress, which was among the organisations responsible for ...
He further avers that after a public meeting which was held in a church hall in Guguletu it was decided that a black Christmas be observed to make a political statement and protest against the killings.  It was further decided that some kind of "revenge action" be taken against the white ...
DR ORR: I would like to welcome the choir from Fezeke School in Guguletu. We are going to ask you to sing for us immediately after tea. There is going to be a slight change in the programme in that we are going to take the first witness now, then break for tea and take the submission from Molo ...
The Mercedes Benz was followed onto the N2 highway in the direction of Somerset West. After they had passed the Guguletu turn off, on the N2, David drove alongside the Mercedes Benz. As they came next to the vehicle, David shouted at the applicant and told him to shoot the driver whom he ...
... yet. I was returning from St Joseph School where I dropped three pupils which attended St Joseph School at std 7. And I was on my way, going over Guguletu bridge to Manenberg area where I have to pick up children to take them to Astra School which was at that time in Wittebome. ...
was trying to get a drivers licence I was told by the security people there that I was not supposed to get a drivers licence. I went to Siphwele in Guguletu, one of the teachers there encouraged me and said that he can try to help me in compiling my CV and sent my CV in town. They wanted to, me ...
Maudline Lutya's brother, Wiseman, disappeared during rioting in Guguletu in 1976. She inquired at police stations and hospitals and asked around the local community, to no avail. Nobody told her anything. Three weeks later...she went to the Salt River mortuary...She found her brother "shot ...
... there were people that I saw there. When they were running, the police came. They said what do we want. I said this is my father. They took me to Guguletu and asked me for a statement. I said I couldn't give a statement, I wasn't there. So I went back home, I told my mother. And they said ...
The prime witnesses to the killing, those three boys, who were with him in that room, were Mr Elsen Monyakeni, now in Soweto and Exodus Guguletu Nyakane, living in Wattville and Mr Excellent Mtembu, living in Soweto. All three witnessed that the police that entered that room asked who Caiphus was ...
After that, a week later, we buried my daughter. There were 11 people who had been shot by the police at the time. They were all buried at 49 Guguletu Stadium.
... no Sir. The planning of operations was basically an identification of what type of operation. Let me explain to you. My troops worked in say the Guguletu area. When I do arrive at the JOC in the morning I explain to the other commanders that this is my border, I won't go outside this; I will ...
This particular instance was when they had decided that large communities of people should be removed from Crossroads, Guguletu to Khayelitsha a waste land about 50 kilometres from Cape Town.
... to take him to the mortuary themselves, because they felt that the police were not going to take him straight to the mortuary. They left him at Guguletu. ...
We will then tomorrow and Thursday have an event hearing looking at the incident which has become known as the Guguletu 7 incident. Just one or two issues to be placed on record.
Around March, 1985, I saw in the Cape Times on a certain Tuesday - I read an article about the Guguletu 7, they were referred to as the heroes. They were referred to as terrorists, sorry. They were not identified, their names or surnames were not in the newspaper.
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